Police use social media to catch theft suspect

Authorities have arrested 29-year-old Christina Sullivan of Flora as a suspect in a stolen mannequin case on Thursday.

Workers at a Ridgeland consignment store said the mannequin was an iconic mirrored mannequin in the front of the consignment shop. Repeat Street manager Melissa Graves said she noticed the store’s prized possession was missing on the Friday before Christmas.

“We noticed as we were getting ready to close that our mannequin -- we had a mirrored mannequin in this bathtub here -- we noticed that she was gone,” Graves said.

They grabbed the store surveillance video. After they called police, managers decided to post the video to Facebook. That’s when police said tips started flooding their inbox.

“This is the first time that we’ve had a case that we think is going to be solved through Facebook,” said Ridgeland police Lt. John Neal.

This is not the first time metro residents have turned to social media to help police. In October, a Belhaven resident posted surveillance video on YouTube after his patio furniture went missing. Ridgeland police said social media has become a new tool for them to track down suspects.

Officers said they found the mannequin in a Flora trailer where Sullivan lives.

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